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Injuries Board: Blowing their Own Trumpet – Speedy Responses to the detriment of Claimants?
The Injuries Board state that they have significantly reduced the amount of time it takes to resolve a claim from three years to nine months, in most cases. Indeed the Irish Independent recently reported that “The average award was €21,502, while the highest was...
Injuries Board – Loosely Impartial?
The Irish Independent recently reported an increase in claims of 5% since last year and an increase of 25% since 2007. The Injuries Board revealed almost 29,000 people made a claim last year. Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Patricia Byron, took to the...
Central Bank Announces Targets for Lenders to Tackle Mortgage Arrears Crisis
While the level of new mortgage arrears is reducing the existing level of personal debt needs to be addressed and the Central Bank recently announced that it expects the six main banks to tackle 50% of arrears by the end of December 2013 with the balance finished by...
Personal Insolvency Act Seminar & Central Bank Mortgage Arrears Announcement
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 19th March 2013 John M. Lynch on Personal Insolvency and Central Bank Mortgage Arrears [soundcloud id='166931698'] Download our Personal Insolvency Act Seminar & Central Bank Mortgage Arrears Announcement notes Personal Insolvency Act...
Personal Insolvency Act Seminar – 26th March 2013
Clonmel Chamber of Commerce are organising a Personal Insolvency Act Seminar in Raheen House Hotel next Tuesday, 26th March at 6.15pm. The Personal Insolvency Act 2012, which was signed into law by President Higgins on 26th December 2012, has a number of mechanisms...
News Brief Part III: DePuy Hip Implant Recall – First Verdict Returned in US
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 12th March 2013 Orlagh Wafer on DePuy Hip Implant Recall [soundcloud id='167059530'] Download our DePuy Hip Implant Recall – First Verdict Returned in US notes We spoke previously about the first of the DePuy cases to go to trial in the US...
News Brief – Part II: Personal Insolvency Act
Tipp FM Legal Slot – 5th March 2013 John M. Lynch on Personal Insolvency Act [soundcloud id='166935061'] Download our News Brief - Part II Personal Insolvency Act notes The Personal Insolvency Act 2012 was signed into law on St. Stephen’s day. ...
First DePuy verdict returns with $8.3 million award to Patient in the United States
The first Johnson & Johnson DePuy hip implant lawsuit to go to trial has resulted in an $8.3 million jury award in the United States. The Los Angeles jury awarded the compensation to Loren “Bill” Kransky, a retired prison guard from Montana, after finding that...
Magdalene Laundries – The Government Fund to Benefit Survivors
In our last blog we looked at the background to the investigation into State involvement in the Magdalene Laundries. In this blog we will look at the proposed scheme which the government intends to put in place. The estimated number of Magdalene survivors is between...